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We called them savoury ducks.( I worked in a butchers shop )

Our local Doctors surgery was Spring road,Tyseley,and was run by two doctors, Dr Essen and Dr Allen. This was during the 1950s. The waiting room was small with two doors leading off to the doctors. The surgery ( or what we called,the doctors) was part of a terrace of flat fronted houses...

Sparrowlegs I know the area well,it's nice to talk about times gone by. How come you call yourself Sparrowlegs ?

Quite right,I was a long time 7 user but my PC conked out and was replaced with Windows 11.Totally different but much better ,well pleased.

Wilmot

Many thanks for the photos and yes they are chariot shaped, perhaps i'm not going barmy after all. Mikejee have yourself a MERRY CHRISTMAS and all the best. Steve.

OK Thanks anyway.Your right the memory cells are shutting down,its only when chatting to you and others on this site that you realise how much you have forgotten.....Anyway i hope you and yours have a "MERRY CHRISTMAS" Steve.

Thanks TommoCo, All these memories keep flooding back after reading some of these threads.Unfortunately at school i had the BCG scratch on arm and i reacted to it,but luckily after tests iwas told i had caught TB as a very young boy but it cleared it self up,many years later i'm still OK. Yes i...

In the early 1950s i remember the co-op breadman driving a two wheeled chariot shaped vehicle pulled by a single horse. It was painted with the wheatsheaf logo (not the horse),the breadman jumped off and on the back of the chariot with a basket full of loaves and cobs then take it to your...

Thank you Robert, i remember some of the names.And yes it was June,where on earth are you getting this info from?amazing,you always come up with the goods. On a side note, do you recall a pond/lake i think was called POOL or POOL FARM, where people went fishing,it couldn't have been to far away...

Ďon't remember their names,but i remember the round hut they worked from with the benches all around it.I was born in 1948 and grew up in Tyseley, playing on the swings and roundabout but was scared to death on going on that big metal framed thing where you sat on it and someone stood on the end...

My mate Paul,16,also worked at a butchers.Name and address was COX BUTCHERS, Spring road,Tyseley.Early 1960s...Now gone.

I worked for a butcher called "Steel"in the early 60s,the address was mickleton avenue,sheldon,part of a parade of shops.I believe the whole parade has been demolished.Mr Steel (owner)had two shops,but i cant remember where the other one was.The managers name was Dennis.